Digital artist tells AI advocate it "makes you dumber"; advocate crowns him "king of cope"
AIandDesign · x · 2026-10-18
AI & Design's Marco quote-shares a heated exchange with digital artist Desperado Dave, crowning him "the new king of cope."
In the quoted thread Dave argues many artists hate AI beyond just slop: no electricity means no AI, while his skills transfer to traditional art; he claims using AI keeps you from exercising important parts of your brain, "so I'm also smarter than you." A textbook artist-vs-AI skirmish capturing the skills and de-skilling debate in the creative community.
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